ECON 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Frame Problem, Stakeholder Analysis
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2:11 pm: - problem definition / structuring, not natural because structured by groups and individuals, analyze the symptoms such as fairness, safeness, and resource usage, requires a diagnosis, stakeholder analysis. Frame problem in an ideological and methodical approach. In tax evasion economists analyze by weighing the cost and benefits. Sociologists analyze the same as economists + civic duty + transparent use of : modelling is using formal or informal models to link symptoms to policy instruments. Objective= decrease incidence by 10% over 5 years: problem definition / structuring, artificially structured by groups and individuals to analyze the symptoms of fairness, safeness, and resource usage in order to make a diagnosis, stakeholder analysis. Compares each group or individual on their interests and levels of influence and resources: build empirical base. In order to understand the dimensions we must see how and who are affected, their resources, frequency on the problem, and if there are any trends in its occurrence.